🌿 From My Pembrokeshire Garden to Your Table: The Story Behind Farmers Food at Home
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If you’ve ever wondered how Farmers Food at Home began, it all started with an overflowing garden here in Pembrokeshire. One year, my homegrown crops and the nearby hedgerows produced far more than I expected. Instead of letting that beautiful Welsh produce go to waste, I started preserving it the traditional way: simmering jams, stirring chutneys, and filling jars with homemade marmalades.
I Started selling the jars over the bar of our family pub, the word soon spread, and my preserves began making their way onto breakfast tables, into hampers, and across kitchen shelves throughout West Wales. What began as a simple project grew into a small, independent Welsh food business rooted in local produce, seasonal ingredients, and artisan preserving methods.
🌾 My Philosophy: Honest, Seasonal, Welsh Produce
Food made properly — slowly, thoughtfully, and by hand — always tastes better. Every batch I make uses as much, homegrown fruit and vegetables, hand-foraged hedgerow ingredients, and produce from trusted local growers across Pembrokeshire, as possible. Everything is cooked in small batches in my purpose built catering unit, using traditional methods, with no artificial additives — just pure, natural flavour inspired by the Welsh countryside.
🛒 Shop Online: Welsh Artisan Preserves Delivered Across the UK
As more people discovered my preserves, it became clear that customers across the UK wanted an easy way to enjoy them. That’s why I created my online shop, where you can browse the full range of artisan chutneys, homemade jams, marmalades, and seasonal gifts.
Favourites include our best selling Chilli Jam, Apple & Beetroot Chutney, Lemon & Gin Marmalade, traditional Piccalilli, and seasonal special flavours. Every order is carefully packed by hand here in Pembrokeshire and shipped straight to your door.
Shop online:
https://www.farmersfoodathome.co.uk/shop
Perfect for everyday enjoyment, food gifts, hampers, and anyone who loves authentic Welsh produce.
🏡 The Paddock Farm Shop: Built in 2020 and Still at the Heart of What I Do
In 2020, in the middle of Covid, we opened an honesty shed and provided a veg box service to the local community, it was hugely popular and needed so we responded to this need and built The Paddock Farm Shop here on our land — a welcoming space where locals and visitors could explore fresh Welsh produce and my full range of preserves, in a safe environment.
The shop has grown into a place that now celebrates local vegetables, Welsh artisan gifts and hampers, seasonal homemade preserves, and products from talented Welsh makers and growers. It has become a valued part of our community and a destination for anyone wanting a genuine taste of rural Pembrokeshire. If you’re visiting West Wales, I’d love you to call in and say hello.
🧀 Welsh Rarebit with Apple & Beetroot Chutney
If you’re looking for a simple, comforting recipe that makes my chutneys shine, this Welsh Rarebit with Apple & Beetroot Chutney is a favourite.
Ingredients
- 2 slices rustic bread
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp flour
- 80ml St.Davids Old Farmhouse Brewery ale
- 1 tsp mustard
- ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 100g strong Cheddar
- 2 tbsp Apple & Beetroot Chutney
Method
- Melt the butter, stir in the flour, and slowly add the ale or milk.
- Add the mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and grated cheese.
- Toast the bread and spread generously with chutney.
- Spoon the cheese mixture over the toast and grill until bubbling and golden.
A true taste of Wales — simple, comforting, and full of flavour.
🎁 Taste Pembrokeshire in Every Jar
Whether you shop online or visit The Paddock Farm Shop in person, every jar is filled with the flavours of Pembrokeshire and the joy of traditional homemade preserving.
Thank you for supporting my small Welsh business — it means more than you know.
Shop online:
https://www.farmersfoodathome.co.uk/shop
